Import & Export Tari.. - PNG Customs Service

480CHAPTER 78LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOFNotes.1. In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:(a) Bars and rodsRolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section alongtheir whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles orregular convex polygons (including "flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which two oppositesides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products witha rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded alongtheir whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including "modifiedrectangular") cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast orsintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked afterproduction (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not therebyassumed the character of articles or products of other headings.(b) ProfilesRolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along theirwhole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil,tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have beensubsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided thatthey have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings.(c) WireRolled, extruded or drawn product, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their wholelength in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convexpolygons (including "flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convexarcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular(including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their wholelength. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including "modified rectangular")cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width.(d) Plates, sheets, strip and foilFlat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading 78.01), coiled or not, of solidrectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including "modifiedrectangles" of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equallengthand parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are:- of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width,- of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size provided that they do not assume thecharacter of articles or products of other headings.Customs Tariff Act of 1990(Harmonized System 2012 Version)